My Pride and Joy

[JoeThaMan]

Here's my Ride. She's hibernating for the winter so I'm lookin' forward to springtime to drive her again.

[Junkie]

Damn Joe,I forgot what that beast looked like.It has definately been too long since I have been to a PacNW get together.

---seeing that pick reminded me of a small conv.
(joe) That thing have good breaks,if not,I don't want you behind me
(me)x-drilled and CF pads,it stops OK
(joe)just don't get too close

[jrlewis0550]

Hey joe how reliable has the 89 supra been at those power levels. Your car is right around where i would like mine someday.

[JoeThaMan]

It's been pretty reliable. On my old turbo setup (400rwhp) it was my daily driver for about a year, put about 10k on the motor and never had any problems. I have a daily driver now and drive the Supra usually on weekends during the spring/summer, and at 500rwhp I haven't had any problems. I do a compression test about every 1000 miles just to track how the motor's doing and it's always 180psi for the last 10k miles at that level. I do monitor knock and have an onboard wideband that i keep an eye on but besides that only issues I've had are just power steering pump is on it's way out and starter.. Diff makes a little noise, but the chassis has 250k on it so it's kind of expected.. I have a writeup at Joe Schesso's 1989 Tyota Supra if you want to check it out.

[I6power88]

What a car Joe! I would like to get my 88 to about 400rwhp but army pay is not very good! Nice car though, wow! With that power I bet it would be fun as hell to control on the throttle! My 88 has HKS 2mm head gasket and ARP studed the block for prep on more boost. What are you running for a turbo? Sorry about the long post but your car is kick ass!

[jrlewis0550]

Army pay might suck, but it evens out considering the army pays for everything. I gave up one year of my life, and got me my MKIV. Im sure you will be getting the chance soon seems like its going to be year on year off from now on.

[I6power88]

Originally Posted by jrlewis0550

Army pay might suck, but it evens out considering the army pays for everything. I gave up one year of my life, and got me my MKIV. Im sure you will be getting the chance soon seems like its going to be year on year off from now on.

Ya...your right! We make the money when we are deployed...second deployment in oct...maybe a MarkIV! For now I build the III, maybe it will look like Joes!

[JoeThaMan]

Originally Posted by I6power88

What a car Joe! I would like to get my 88 to about 400rwhp but army pay is not very good! Nice car though, wow! With that power I bet it would be fun as hell to control on the throttle! My 88 has HKS 2mm head gasket and ARP studed the block for prep on more boost. What are you running for a turbo? Sorry about the long post but your car is kick ass!

I'm running a PT67. You can see the mods at Joe Schesso's 1989 Tyota Supra

[I6power88]

Thanks! What a car....how long have you owned it?